The Art of A Coarse Delivery

Taking any newly built yacht away to sea is never smooth sailing. Even if you take a high-quality new boat on a long passage there can still be problems. Finding this out many years later a bespoke gaff rigged Pilot Cutter from Canada to the Channel Islands during the fall. Sailing ‘Kalayanee’ 40ft Ketch from where she’d been built in Laem Chabang, Thailand in ‘74 certainly wasn’t trouble free...from first time I saw the boat...

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The Art of A Coarse Delivery

Taking any newly built yacht away to sea is never smooth sailing. Even if you take a high-quality new boat on a long passage there can still be problems. Finding this out many years later a bespoke gaff rigged...

THERE’S SAND IN MY STOCKING!

Who says Christmas has to be cold, snowy, and involve wrestling with a parka? Trade the snow boots for flip-flops and celebrate the holidays with a little sunshine, sand, and questionable stocking stuffers! Dreaming of a WHITE Christmas? That’s nice. But have...